The healing gifts of nature attracted and surprised people for a very long time. They do not stop doing it today. Various kinds of berries, mushrooms, roots, plants, trees - all of them are filled to the brim with energy and life, which a person actively uses in the fight against all kinds of serious diseases. After all, everyone wants to be healthy and do everything possible in order to achieve this. And medicinal plants really have a healing effect.
Today we learn a lot about one of these plants - about fennel. The use of this medicinal plant, which has a huge amount of the most useful properties, is very widespread. It has a healing, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, bactericidal, carminative, anthelmintic, diuretic, analgesic, and expectorant effect. Fennel is used to expand the heart vessels, to enhance milk flow from the chest, and even, to the surprise of many, to smooth wrinkles. The fruits and herbs of this medicinal plant are often used in the fight against spastic colitis, flatulence, to improve appetite and completely restore digestion processes. Found fennel application and as a means of separating bile.
As a rule, fennel fruits are used in medicine. They are part of various preparations that are used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, angina pectoris, gout, bronchial asthma, urolithiasis, gastroduodenitis, enterocolitis, gastritis, hepatitis, and dysbiosis.
Pharyngitis, inflammatory diseases of the skin, cystitis, pyelonephritis, stomatitis - fennel may need help in the fight against such diseases. The long-term treatment of patients after nicotine or alcohol poisoning can not do without it. When menstruation is delayed, women often run to pharmacies to buy fennel. This medicinal plant plays an important role in the fight against severe cancer. Fennel found application in pediatrics (dill water to rid infants from flatulence).
Treated with fennel and runny nose. He confidently confirmed his effectiveness as an antipyretic. In some countries, it is part of numerous antipyretic drugs. It is also an excellent drug in the treatment of neurasthenia. The disinfecting properties of fennel grass are quite powerful. Conjunctivitis and various pustular diseases are treated with a decoction of the seeds of this plant.
From spasm of the gastrointestinal tract, make an infusion of fruits. It is prepared easily: 1 tea. 1 teaspoon of chopped dried fruit is poured with 1 cup boiling water and infused for 10 minutes. After being filtered and taken in ½ cup three times a day.
Fennel: Cooking Use
I use all parts of this plant as food: stems, leaves, head of cabbage, roots, shoots and fruits. Fennel cabbage soup is an excellent delicacy and diet product. For food, they are used boiled or fresh in various salads. Even as an independent dish that is prepared as asparagus or cauliflower. Fresh leaves, immature umbrellas and shoots are used to flavor a variety of marinades, when pickling cabbage and when preserving vegetables, instead of dill. Greens are added to salads, seasonings for soups, side dishes, in vegetable and meat dishes, as well as when pickling vegetables. Large fennel root is often put in salads, sauces, soups and used as a seasoning for pork and fish dishes. It can be eaten boiled, as an unusual side dish. Or cook other side dishes by adding fennel. Using it in any case diversifies your diet.
Fennel extract has a great calming, hypotensive, anti-spastic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, expectorant, antispasmodic, choleretic, antidyspeptic, lactogonous effect, significantly improves gastrointestinal function.
It has fennel contraindications: epileptics, pregnant women, in case of intolerance and a tendency to diarrhea.
Returning to the amazing properties of fennel, it should be noted that this plant really deserves general attention. Use it when fighting a variety of diseases, and even better, do not get sick at all!